Residents of East Palo Alto can feel more protected from San Francisquito Creek flooding this coming winter, officials said, since construction of floodwalls and levees in inhabited areas along the waterway will provide additional protection that was not there in past years.

The salmon that run along the Northern California coast have dwindled in recent years, raising concern among local communities and causing protections to be put in place by officials and conservationists.

The detailed 2018 budget proposal released by The White House last week decreases funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by more than 30 percent — one of the largest requested cuts to a federal agency.